USFSOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · Washington

Lucerne Campground

This boat-in campground adjacent to a Forest Service Guard Station offers a dock and boat basin with an eleven boat capacity.

Sites0all reservable

Elev.1,135ft

Comf.Apr-Nov8 months

Max rigtents

Electricnonesites

From Yakima6h07real road time

The honest read

Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

At 1,135 ft, Lucerne Campground has a 8-month comfortable window (Apr-Nov). Winter nights average around 32°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. Within about 4 miles: 8 named hiking routes, 5 peaks, lake or river access.

The campground at a glance

01 · CHARACTER

Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.

When to go

02 · CLIMATE

avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Aug

Apr-Nov

Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.

91%

Of summer weekend-days are dry.

Apr 19

Last spring frost; first fall frost Nov 2.

58°F

Average July low.

Getting there

03 · ACCESS

Yakima

167 mi

6h07

Seattle

208 mi

6h55

Spokane

236 mi

7h20

By drive time

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Named hiking routes

Trail segments

Peaks

Water & Access

Lake / river access

yes

Method

We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.

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